Albert ben Reli

Albert ben Reli (101-135) was a leader of the Bar Kokhba revolt.

Biography
Albert ben Reli was from Ascalon in southern Judea, and he was an adherent of Judaism. In 132, he was one of the men who rose up in rebellion against the Roman Empire with Simon bar Kokhba, and at the Battle of Jaljulya Albert killed legate Quintus Sempronius Faustinius and all 181 of his accompanying troops in a successful ambush. He waged further guerrilla warfare until the revolt was crushed in 135, and he was crucified by Julius Severus.